1904 1986 (160 risultati)

paperback. Condizione: Good. DETAILS: small PAPERBACK, cover price 95c, good copy of this old small paperback, probably not used but worn by age, especially along spine. FERGUSSON, FRANCIS. The human image in dramatic literature : essays. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday & Company, 1957, A Doubleday Anchor Original, xx, 217pp., . Cover designed by Leonard Baskin. Typography by Edward Gorey. Series: Doubleday anchor books, A124 CONTENTS: pt. I The Modern Theater: Reflections on the life of the American theater : prolegomena. -- The American theater between the wars -- Broadway -- The mysterious present -- Note on the Academic theater -- Five contemporary playwrights -- Three allegorists : Brecht, Wilder, Eliot -- Joyce's Exiles -- Don Perlimplín : Lorca's theater-poetry -- T.S. Eliot's Poetry and drama -- Boleslavsky's The first six lessons -- pt. II Shakespeare. Macbeth as the imitation of an action -- Measure for measure -- Two comedies -- pt. III Critical attitudes. "Myth" and the literary scruple -- The Golden Bowl revisited -- Kenneth Burke's Grammar of motives -- Two perspectives on European literature.…

paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. PAPERBACK, cover price $15.95, near fine. ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER. A single man. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001, later printing, 186pp., . "After the sudden death of his longtime lover, George must adjust to life on his own as a professor in Southern California in the early 1960s. During the course of an ordinary day, George is haunted by memories as he seeks connections with the world around him". ISBN 9780816638628 8.00.…

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Where joy resides: a Christopher Isherwood reader. Noonday Press, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1991, 408pp., sewn PAPERBACK, cover price $12.95, damaged by moisture at top corner of pages making them wrinkly and creaky with triangular stain, otherwise the book appears unused. DAMAGED BUT STILL QUITE USABLE FOR READING OR STUDY, text clean. 9780374522551 ISBN 0374522553.…

PAPERBACK, very good. ISHERWOOD, CHRISTOPHER. My guru and his disciple. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001, 338pp., . "My Guru and His Disciple" is a sweetly modest and honest portrait of Isherwood's spiritual instructor, Swami Prabhavananda, the Hindu priest who guided Isherwood for some thirty years. It is also a book about the often amusing and sometimes painful counterpoint between worldliness and holiness in Isherwood's own life. 9780816638642 ISBN 0816638640.…

small PAPERBACK, cover price 95c, good lightly used copy, crease marks on spine, a few page corners lightly dinged. FERGUSSON, FRANCIS. The human image in dramatic literature : essays. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday & Company, 1957, xx, 217pp., . Cover designed by Leonard Baskin. Typography by Edward Gorey. Series: Doubleday anchor books, A124 CONTENTS: pt. I The Modern Theater: Reflections on the life of the American theater : prolegomena. -- The American theater between the wars -- Broadway -- The mysterious present -- Note on the Academic theater -- Five contemporary playwrights -- Three allegorists : Brecht, Wilder, Eliot -- Joyce's Exiles -- Don Perlimplín : Lorca's theater-poetry -- T.S. Eliot's Poetry and drama -- Boleslavsky's The first six lessons -- pt. II Shakespeare. Macbeth as the imitation of an action -- Measure for measure -- Two comedies -- pt. III Critical attitudes. "Myth" and the literary scruple -- The Golden Bowl revisited -- Kenneth Burke's Grammar of motives -- Two perspectives on European literature.…

, Kertesz, Stephen D., 1904-1986. Between Russia and the West. Hungary and the illusions of peacemaking, 1945-1947. Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 1984, xix, 299pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth BUT with heavy foxing on top foredge. 9780268010799 ISBN 026801079X.

Hardcover. 4th printing. [5], 127, [1] p.; 19.5 cm. Dedication: To Rene Blanc-Roos Fair, edgeworn orig. gray cloth. Scrawling on eps, text unmarked. designer: Ernst Reichel (illustratore).

1974 Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 236 pages; Description: 236p, leaf of plate, [32]p of plates : ill. , facsims. , music, ports. ; 23cm. Subjects: Neagle, Anna. Actors - Great Britain - Biography. 1 Kg. Illus. With Photos (illustratore).…

First printing (as stated upon copyright page). xii, 426 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with slight bumping at edges. Black boards; spine heel bumped. Touch of soiling at upper fore-edge; interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. {MS-Shelf#1} ISBN 9781496806147.…

First printing (as stated upon copyright page). xii, 426 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; slight soiling to pale gray rear panel; some bumping/creasing at edges. Black boards. Interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. {MS-Shelf#2|CMS-00857} ISBN 9781496806147.…

First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Atlantic Monthly Press Books. Physical description: xiv, 400p : map ; 24cm. Subjects: Irish question. Ireland -- Politics and government -- 19th century. 1 Kg. …

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xvi, 368 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with bumping at edges; front flap is not price-clipped. Dark brown spine and white boards; bumping at spine ends and at board corners. Author's five-line black ink inscription dated October 2010 upon the title page; Interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. {MS-Shelf#2} ISBN 9781595583321.…

Second printing. [6], 128 pages. Hardcover: H 19.25cm x L 13.25cm. Lacks dust jacket. Gray cloth, light browning to spine. Muted purple top edge. Light toning to endpapers. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy.

First printing (per publisher's number line upon copyright page) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xvi, 368 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; slight bumping at spine head; front flap is not price-clipped. Dark brown spine lightly bumped at ends; white boards. Past owner's three-line ink inscription on front free endpaper. Author's black ink signature upon the title page. Interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a near fine dust jacket. {MS-Shelf#1} ISBN 9781595583321.…

1st ed. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Foxing to page edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 252 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: Isherwood, Christopher 1904-1986. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh) 1907-1973 Friends and associates. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Novelists, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 2-108p of ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Belfast (Northern Ireland) -- History -- Pictorial works. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Previous owner's juvenile signature. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled , now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [64] p : ill. (some col.) ; 22cm. Subjects: Children's poetry. 1 Kg.

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 236 pages; Physical desc. : 236p, leaf of plate, [32]p of plates music, ports ; 23cm. Includes index. Filmography: p. 225-226. Subject: Neagle, Anna (1904-1986) . 1 Kg. 2nd Edition, reprinted before publication, 1974. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). …

1974 Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 236 pages; Description: 236p, leaf of plate, [32]p of plates : ill. , facsims. , music, ports. ; 23cm. Subjects: Neagle, Anna. Actors - Great Britain - Biography. 1 Kg. Illus. With Photos (illustratore).…

Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided but with 1950 date on copyright page only). xiv, 177 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Light brown/dark tan cloth with dark brown lettering to front board and spine; some soiling and light staining with spine ends bumped. Past owner's ink signature at top of front free endpaper recto; small stain to center fore-edge margin of half title; negligible scattered small stains to rear endpapers. Bookseller ticket "Robin's | Bookshop | Geneva, Ill." affixed at rear pastedown's bottom left corner. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With frontispiece, Foreword by Gordon M. Hudson, Glossary, Introduction, and b/w photographs and illustrations. Features five chapters titled as: "Fundamentals of Delivery," "The Sliding Delivery," "More Ways to Better Curling," "Strategy in Skipping," and "The Psychology of Team Play.". …

First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Atlantic Monthly Press Books. Physical description: xiv, 400p : map ; 24cm. Subjects: Irish question. Ireland -- Politics and government -- 19th century. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 338 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects: Prabhavananda Swami 1893-1976; Isherwood, Christopher 1904-1986; Religion and ethics; Biography; Childhood and youth. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good ex-lib. orig. red boards. 176 p.; 19.5 cm. (Faith and fact books : 143 = Twentieth century encyclopedia of Catholicism (New York) ; 143).

1st edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xiv, 400 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 370-376) and index. Subjects: Irish question. War Causes. Home rule Ireland. Great Britain History 20th century. Ireland Politics and government 19th century. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages; Physical description: 338 p. ; 23 cm. A study of Swami Prabhavananda, and his association with the author at a centre in Hollywood for the study and practice of Hindu philosophy. Subjects: Prabhavananda, Swami, 1893-1976 -- Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986 -- Religion and ethics -- Biography. 1 Kg.…

1st ed. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Foxing to page edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 252 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: Isherwood, Christopher 1904-1986. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh) 1907-1973 Friends and associates. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Novelists, English 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description: 2-108p of ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Belfast (Northern Ireland) -- History -- Pictorial works. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Previous owner's juvenile signature. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled , now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [64] p : ill. (some col.) ; 22cm. Subjects: Children's poetry. 1 Kg.

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 236 pages; Physical desc. : 236p, leaf of plate, [32]p of plates music, ports ; 23cm. Includes index. Filmography: p. 225-226. Subject: Neagle, Anna (1904-1986) . 1 Kg. 2nd Edition, reprinted before publication, 1974. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 400 pages; Description: xiv, 400 p. : map ; 24 cm. Subjects: Home Rule --Ireland --Irish Question --History --Easter Rising, 1916 --Causes --Foreign relations --Great Britain. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 370-376 1 Kg.…